On the back (i.e. above) at 3:32 and 24:49, and in the rib (i.e. side) at 25:18 you can see breccia in a grey matrix. The grey mattrix may contain very fine grained pyrite, iron sulphide FeS2, and could be low or high grade ore. The veins at 8:19 could be very fine grained breccia in pyrite and quartz. The yellow stains throughout the mine are likely to be jarosite, KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6, whose SO4 sulfate is a common an oxidation product of pyrite in potassic rocks. The relatively wide and square drifts suggest the miners were driving through fairly soft rhyolite tuffs, some of which are likely to be welded. Rhyolite and rhyolite tuffs are typically white and contain Sanidine, K(AlSi3O8), which can be a source of the potassium, K, that is in jarosite. Those minerals and rocks are commonly associated with epithermal gold deposits. Some of these deposits are near rhyolite flow-domes, which are extruded or near-surface volcanic necks. The flow-domes can be round or lenticular or irregular when viewed from above. The domes can be flow-banded (i.e. plate-like), contain visible quartz crystals, and are very hard, forming prominent ridges or hills (surrounded by tuffs). Eruptions of rhyolite can be explosive when in contact with water, can cause stockworks of small gold veins, which may not be economic for underground mining, and the shallowest ones can be capped by hot spring sinters. Some of the best gold for open pit mining can be close to the domes, and can even be below a dome (in the adjacent tuffs). While this mine has been sampled (most of the spray paint marks rock chip sampling locations), a larger open pit mine target may be uphill, where a rhyolite banded flow-dome may exist at 28:52. It can be slow and expensive to blast a road on top of a rhyolite dome, Depending on the existence of flow-banded rhyolite and depending on seeing more evidences of breccias or stockworks, after staking claims I might (assuming I was an exploration geologist and could get the budget) place drill rig pads (to drill for an open pit target) above the highest workings and perhaps on the other side of the ridge, with its plate-like rock outcrops (as seen 28:52). On the other hand, I would expect to see more than one mine around the ridge, more breccias and stockworks than what was in the mine, plus that ridge may not be a rhyolite flow dome, so 28:52 may not be a good target.
Holy cow that's interesting!! I'm going to rewatch the video and re-read your post as I go. I often explore with Jeff Williams so I get a geology lesson every time out, but I have a very long way to go. Your discussion about the domes reminds me of the proposed open pit mine being planned on the outskirts of Goldfield. That area is part of a caldera, and I heard that drilling had found a dome and they were planning to mine it. The road has been rerouted but no mining yet that I'm aware of. Thanks again for the lesson!
Hi Justin, what a great mine to explore, I loved seeing all of those old tree's instead of the normal milled timbers we usually see, it definitely was awesome and fairly unique to see so many of them in one mine. I always enjoy looking at all the miners graffiti and different things left behind. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞
I love these dry mines just for the fact that everything is so well preserved. scary as hell thinking of the floor giving way to a pit like that though. Stay safe man!
You may be a bit jaded, I watch a lot of mine exploring videos and I never get tired of watching the initial walk into the adit. As someone who can't get out and explore these mines, I start to feel like I'm there with you until you cut me off with " I'll turn the camera off and get back to you when I see something interesting " it kinda breaks the third wall. Just keep in mind your audience may be broader than you know. Hanging on every shot for just a glimpse of everything you take for granted sometimes I want to take the camera from you so I can look at something that catches my eye! Lol can you tell that I'm obsessed?
19:56 Due to the apparent remoteness of the mine, it was probably cheaper/easier to cut down nearby trees than it would've been to have milled lumber delivered to the site.
You found a remote and interesting mine for us to follow you & your mates through. At 17:26, and again in the shute at 18:45, what is the powdery looking substance? Wow! the entire mine was shored up with natural wood....lots of work for the miners in that endevor. Lots of yellow sulfides through out the mine.....that means gold. Great drone shot of the powdery stone type on the waste rock pile and sloughing off into an old gulch. Thanks for your efforts in doing this explore. It was interesting.
Impressive workings. It surprising how stable some of the mine looks, until you shine a light from the other direction. 😱 Hard to wrap my head around that very thin "floor" not giving way. Appreciate the bonus drone footage and excellent write up! All together now... TEQUILLA!😂
I'm so glad you brought the drone out to this one. These bird's-eye views are so helpful in adding context to the mine structures. As for that shredded bark hanging down from the unmilled logs, I believe they were acting as runners, looking for soil to set root in. That would have taken place in the immediate aftermath of their emplacement within the mine. What surprises me is that they were left like that. They aren't really in the way, but I still would have figured someone would have trimmed them down. Of course, it's just speculation on my part. Perhaps the bark shredded for a different reason.
I've been in a barn from the 1840's. The under part of the loft was like that. Tiny beetles might be responsible. It was in my case, the beams were full of little holes.
That is shredded juniper bark. Some of it on the logs (possibly shredded by rodents after it dried) and I suspect some pulled loose and used to chink the gaps between the logs by the miners.
Cool mine! I love the drone shots that show how things are connected. Also gives a sense of scale... I wanted to ask: Have you ever thought about doing a Q&A?
When I see fluorescent spray paint surveyed in these mines ... it usually means the artifacts are gone. I appreciate you taking the time to film the carbide graffiti because I love a glimpse back into history.
Yes, unfortunately, the spray paint is always a bad sign. Sometimes, as is the case here, the layout of the mines can be interesting even without the artifacts.
I started out thinking this mine looked much less sketchy than usual, then suddenly you're crossing a century old board over a deadly pit. Amazing site and mine, one can only imagine how much unexplored ground remains underneath. Not surprised but still glad to know you're not going without a helmet under these delaminating slabs.
The hanging bark reminds me of the Cedar Tree, that is here in Texas! 21:21 Fun Fact: In Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (listed here), they were Diamond Miners!
Great video. That thin ledge was so sketchy. I was wondering about the spot where you were standing. How thick was that section. Imagine if you all were there before it caved. Such a cool dry mine. Don't like the wet ones. Stay safe.
nice explore. interesting color in the mine. that yellow green color to the rock. was there a sulfur smell in that mine?. or was that yellow-green from mineralizing? also what type of trees grow there on the mountains? looked like cedar.
Another awesome experience, really liked the timbers and shoring in this one. Looked like pine or blue spruce timbers with red ceder filing in the the rest. That alone was a god sized crew to log all that material, add in miners and mil crew and you've got quite a few people.
Fricken awesome man, those old Tree's were incredible it would be awesome to be able to date them & find out where they came from as in local to the area or not. Cheers
Where is this mine? If it's against your policy to say, that's fine but I'm curious. Knowing the state, I assume this is somewhere in northern Clark County or maybe Esmeralda or southern Nye county?
I worked in the Star Mine up Burke Canyon in northern Idaho for about 10 years, until it closed in June of 82, at a depth of 8300 feet. I don't really understand why they drove so many drifts in so many different directions in the mine you're in. The way they did it at the Star, Bunker, Galina, Lucky Friday mine was to sink a shaft about 100 feet off the ore vein. Then drive drifts, following the vein, but staying 100 feet away. We would drive cross-cuts off the main drift to about 50 feet past the ore vein. We would then start to mine up on the vein 10 feet and then mine out, following the vein. The cross cuts were usually 200 feet apart. The cross-cuts were driven 50 feet past the vein so they could get the ore cars under the shoots. This was, to me, a uniform way of mining. Not a bunch of tunnels going in random directions. And each level was 200 feet apart. I started on level 7500 in 1972.
If you see a deep hole on the ground when exploring Nevada’s old mines, stay away from it because the deep hole can be 200 or even 300 feet deep, and an instant death does occurred. They should put barriers around the deep holes for personal safety. And besides there is nothing and it is useless.😢
I’ve been going to northern Nevada every September to explore gold mines and ghost towns. I go solo so I don’t go far past the portal. Amazing how much cooler the mines are. I haven’t run into bats yet.
@13:00 when the rocks were dropped into the pit...I almost expected to hear "Fool of a Took!" and then war drums in the background!...Cave trolls...they've got cave trolls.
Yes, the Dwarfs in Snow White were miners, their mine was called The Dwarfs Mine, where they dug for diamonds. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs film came out in 1937, but the graffiti may have predated that since the story was written in 1812 by Brothers Grimm. That's wild how many trees were in this mine. They didn't even remove the bark.
My Great Uncle owned a lot of land in Nevada and Texas, both had old mines on them. No matter what he did to keep people out of them, people would always find a way to break in. This was in the 1980s. After his death in 1992, his sons Filled up the mine shafts with rocks and block them up. In 1998 one of the old mines towards the edge of their land was dug out by illegal miners and it caved in. two families tried to sue them for their deaths. they claimed there wasn't any no trespassing signs or Danger signs lol Here is the funny part of it, they went there to mine for gold :/ There was never any gold found on that land. It was a very old copper mine
Probably the mine in Portugal or the marble mines from this playlist... ruclips.net/p/PLWEW7ixiDkjRLW90-vsFieRIlWrhf62r1 Both were worked by the Romans.
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Why do they build overtop of tunnels they have to walk through, do they know a cave in could happen above them? im referring to the miners or whoever plans this stuff (im not educated at-all in mining) 21:20
The dates from the miners on the walls should of put the whole year instead of just two digits could be there for a few hundred more years before it fades completely.
Jeez, all those dates and then you think about the guys that probably put those there, and all I can think is: Gone Lives. Imagine the history and the stories that those men would have told. I could swear one of the miners graffiti that you passed actually said "Absinthe" ! Was someone drinking absinthe while working in the mine or maybe afterwards at the local saloon? It looked very old and mostly faded but I could swear.....might have to go back in the video and see. Somewhere around 4:55 or so.
@@redrider7730 Honestly, I was surprised to see even those bushes growing there in the middle of that obviously dry, 115°f desert. It seemed odd that the vegetation would be that thick in that area of the desert. 'Somehow' there must be more rain in that region, but even the soil looks too poor and rocky to support THAT much vegetation. Surprisingly, that soil looks worse than our horrible, garbage native clay soil here in northern Delaware! Well, at least the humidity can't possibly be as high there in Nevada as it is here in summer....
@@redrider7730 Yeah, i didnt necessarily expect a predominantly sandy soil there in those bush/shrub(??) covered mountains shown at the beginning of this video. But I guess I also didn't expect for the soil there to be mostly clay. I've never been to Nv, although I did ride from LA to the Phoenix/Tempe area on rt 10. But that was 1982-ish and I was only 14 or 15, and not yet so well-versed in soil geology! Unfortunately, that equates to me NOT accurately recalling the general soil configuration of the Tempe region of the Az desert... 😉👍 Although....... I did learn that its possible to dupe an Az convenience store clerk into selling you cigarettes when underage, simply by telling him they are for your grandmother, but especially by requesting a brand of cigarettes that ONLY an elderly woman would ever smoke(ie. "Eve 120 menthol lights").
I live in coal mining country, and one of the mines here you can literally see foundations of houses inside the mine above you :) When i was a kid, we found one of the many collapsed sections and i slide down in hole inside while friend lowered me down using a garden hose we had (hey we was kids, not to bright). Needless to say when i got through the hole i used flashlight and i was standing on a pillar that all around it collapsed down further into the mine! I was literally standing in middle of a HUGE cavern filled with water...it was like straight out of a movie. Needless to say i was lucky pillar was huge so was able to get back out and didn't drop to far down. That hole is still there to this day...the crazy part? New houses all around it. lol THis area is ranked as of of the worse areas to live in if a earthquake of 7.0 or high hits they expect total loss of town...into the mine.
Tequila and Cyanide? Only a man with a rabid case of Gold fever would swill that drink and come out better for it. Your explores are always incredible. From the looks of it must be a bit central or east in Nevada. Doesn't look much like western at all. Beautiful country either way. Keep that Jeep rolling and the batteries charged.... Thanks.
If that delaminated rock came down on your head when you were wearing a hard hat, you would just end up looing like a domed boiler rivet, and just as dead. I wouldn't want to try and find my way out of that mine with a dead flashlight. Looking at the end of some of those timbers it looked like the termites had turned them to powder.
unbelievable how tough the folks were in the past, so much work, im sure many backs wer broken, just to put food on the table, a lot of the big gold mines, people working the mines did not own the rights to the minerals, but worked for the mining company
@@TVRExploring Great videos. I’m hooked. I’ve been to the Tourist Queen mine in Bisbee, AZ, must be loads of mines around there. Amazing really. Thank you.
A very impressiv mine this trees as natural used timber is very unique. Wearing a helmet Down below is always a good thing but the young guys had to learn it by pain and bumps . Take care stay healty Yours Frank Galetzka
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On the back (i.e. above) at 3:32 and 24:49, and in the rib (i.e. side) at 25:18 you can see breccia in a grey matrix. The grey mattrix may contain very fine grained pyrite, iron sulphide FeS2, and could be low or high grade ore. The veins at 8:19 could be very fine grained breccia in pyrite and quartz. The yellow stains throughout the mine are likely to be jarosite, KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6, whose SO4 sulfate is a common an oxidation product of pyrite in potassic rocks. The relatively wide and square drifts suggest the miners were driving through fairly soft rhyolite tuffs, some of which are likely to be welded. Rhyolite and rhyolite tuffs are typically white and contain Sanidine, K(AlSi3O8), which can be a source of the potassium, K, that is in jarosite. Those minerals and rocks are commonly associated with epithermal gold deposits. Some of these deposits are near rhyolite flow-domes, which are extruded or near-surface volcanic necks. The flow-domes can be round or lenticular or irregular when viewed from above. The domes can be flow-banded (i.e. plate-like), contain visible quartz crystals, and are very hard, forming prominent ridges or hills (surrounded by tuffs). Eruptions of rhyolite can be explosive when in contact with water, can cause stockworks of small gold veins, which may not be economic for underground mining, and the shallowest ones can be capped by hot spring sinters. Some of the best gold for open pit mining can be close to the domes, and can even be below a dome (in the adjacent tuffs). While this mine has been sampled (most of the spray paint marks rock chip sampling locations), a larger open pit mine target may be uphill, where a rhyolite banded flow-dome may exist at 28:52. It can be slow and expensive to blast a road on top of a rhyolite dome, Depending on the existence of flow-banded rhyolite and depending on seeing more evidences of breccias or stockworks, after staking claims I might (assuming I was an exploration geologist and could get the budget) place drill rig pads (to drill for an open pit target) above the highest workings and perhaps on the other side of the ridge, with its plate-like rock outcrops (as seen 28:52). On the other hand, I would expect to see more than one mine around the ridge, more breccias and stockworks than what was in the mine, plus that ridge may not be a rhyolite flow dome, so 28:52 may not be a good target.
Holy cow that's interesting!! I'm going to rewatch the video and re-read your post as I go. I often explore with Jeff Williams so I get a geology lesson every time out, but I have a very long way to go. Your discussion about the domes reminds me of the proposed open pit mine being planned on the outskirts of Goldfield. That area is part of a caldera, and I heard that drilling had found a dome and they were planning to mine it. The road has been rerouted but no mining yet that I'm aware of. Thanks again for the lesson!
Damn Bill do you have a life other than breaking down mine vlogs? That’s a damn novel you just wrote down! 😂
You don't know.
Fantastic info, thank you!
And the remainder of material would be Leav-o-rite ? Leave it right there cause it’s not worth anything …
At 10:30 that's a reminder of the problem of false floors. That much dirt on the floor indicates it was used for quite some time. That's terrifying!
Again perfectly done much appreciation love taking the journey with you ❤
Hi Justin, what a great mine to explore, I loved seeing all of those old tree's instead of the normal milled timbers we usually see, it definitely was awesome and fairly unique to see so many of them in one mine. I always enjoy looking at all the miners graffiti and different things left behind.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞
You should look into a laser rangefinder as it'll give you info about the length of these tunnels past where your light can reach.
I love these dry mines just for the fact that everything is so well preserved. scary as hell thinking of the floor giving way to a pit like that though. Stay safe man!
This one little more sketchy then normal hard rock mines.
Thanks for the tour of this mine. Yet another great adventure and video. Thank you sir!
You may be a bit jaded, I watch a lot of mine exploring videos and I never get tired of watching the initial walk into the adit. As someone who can't get out and explore these mines, I start to feel like I'm there with you until you cut me off with " I'll turn the camera off and get back to you when I see something interesting " it kinda breaks the third wall. Just keep in mind your audience may be broader than you know. Hanging on every shot for just a glimpse of everything you take for granted sometimes I want to take the camera from you so I can look at something that catches my eye! Lol can you tell that I'm obsessed?
19:56 Due to the apparent remoteness of the mine, it was probably cheaper/easier to cut down nearby trees than it would've been to have milled lumber delivered to the site.
You found a remote and interesting mine for us to follow you & your mates through. At 17:26, and again in the shute at 18:45, what is the powdery looking substance? Wow! the entire mine was shored up with natural wood....lots of work for the miners in that endevor. Lots of yellow sulfides through out the mine.....that means gold. Great drone shot of the powdery stone type on the waste rock pile and sloughing off into an old gulch. Thanks for your efforts in doing this explore. It was interesting.
Thanks Justin Another great looking mine you found in Nevada. Thanks again for the video
Impressive workings. It surprising how stable some of the mine looks, until you shine a light from the other direction. 😱 Hard to wrap my head around that very thin "floor" not giving way. Appreciate the bonus drone footage and excellent write up! All together now... TEQUILLA!😂
I'm so glad you brought the drone out to this one. These bird's-eye views are so helpful in adding context to the mine structures.
As for that shredded bark hanging down from the unmilled logs, I believe they were acting as runners, looking for soil to set root in. That would have taken place in the immediate aftermath of their emplacement within the mine. What surprises me is that they were left like that. They aren't really in the way, but I still would have figured someone would have trimmed them down. Of course, it's just speculation on my part. Perhaps the bark shredded for a different reason.
I've been in a barn from the 1840's. The under part of the loft was like that. Tiny beetles might be responsible. It was in my case, the beams were full of little holes.
@@napalmholocaust9093 Interesting thought! I wonder if beetles could shred the bark like that??
That is shredded juniper bark. Some of it on the logs (possibly shredded by rodents after it dried) and I suspect some pulled loose and used to chink the gaps between the logs by the miners.
Cool mine! I love the drone shots that show how things are connected. Also gives a sense of scale... I wanted to ask: Have you ever thought about doing a Q&A?
Yes, the drone really helped tie this one together. Yes, I probably should do a Q&A at some point...
Another great video Justin! I love the surroundings and outside topo. This looks like one I'd enjoy exploring one day.
Do you have the mine's name
When I see fluorescent spray paint surveyed in these mines ... it usually means the artifacts are gone. I appreciate you taking the time to film the carbide graffiti because I love a glimpse back into history.
Yes, unfortunately, the spray paint is always a bad sign. Sometimes, as is the case here, the layout of the mines can be interesting even without the artifacts.
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Gosh.so very intriguing . Very interesting,loved the video well done 👍🙌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That's one of the cleanest mines I've ever seen.
That white is great for lighting! Always glad to see you've got some friends along with you on these incredibly isolated explorations
I started out thinking this mine looked much less sketchy than usual, then suddenly you're crossing a century old board over a deadly pit. Amazing site and mine, one can only imagine how much unexplored ground remains underneath. Not surprised but still glad to know you're not going without a helmet under these delaminating slabs.
Please add that how much gold was extracted from the mine and how many years?
The hanging bark reminds me of the Cedar Tree, that is here in Texas!
21:21 Fun Fact: In Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (listed here), they were Diamond Miners!
Great video. That thin ledge was so sketchy. I was wondering about the spot where you were standing. How thick was that section. Imagine if you all were there before it caved. Such a cool dry mine. Don't like the wet ones. Stay safe.
Surprised at the size of the tunnels. Looks like the materials are fairly stable 👍. Enjoyed the content.
Was the inside of the mine hot as well? You said you felt air flow so I would imagine it’s hot air from outside
nice explore. interesting color in the mine. that yellow green color to the rock. was there a sulfur smell in that mine?. or was that yellow-green from mineralizing? also what type of trees grow there on the mountains? looked like cedar.
Is that yellow color stone sulfer!
Another awesome experience, really liked the timbers and shoring in this one. Looked like pine or blue spruce timbers with red ceder filing in the the rest. That alone was a god sized crew to log all that material, add in miners and mil crew and you've got quite a few people.
Pinion pine is native to the area. Wouldnt be anyone's 1st choice for timber
Fricken awesome man, those old Tree's were incredible it would be awesome to be able to date them & find out where they came from as in local to the area or not. Cheers
Where is this mine? If it's against your policy to say, that's fine but I'm curious. Knowing the state, I assume this is somewhere in northern Clark County or maybe Esmeralda or southern Nye county?
I was thinking Lander county , But yes they could share !
Thank you brother! you always deliver
Awesome video Justin! Very scenic place, seems way remote!
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Cool video, but could use a map or even a mine name to share.
That's a lot of cedar in that mine!
I worked in the Star Mine up Burke Canyon in northern Idaho for about 10 years, until it closed in June of 82, at a depth of 8300 feet. I don't really understand why they drove so many drifts in so many different directions in the mine you're in. The way they did it at the Star, Bunker, Galina, Lucky Friday mine was to sink a shaft about 100 feet off the ore vein. Then drive drifts, following the vein, but staying 100 feet away. We would drive cross-cuts off the main drift to about 50 feet past the ore vein. We would then start to mine up on the vein 10 feet and then mine out, following the vein. The cross cuts were usually 200 feet apart. The cross-cuts were driven 50 feet past the vein so they could get the ore cars under the shoots. This was, to me, a uniform way of mining. Not a bunch of tunnels going in random directions. And each level was 200 feet apart. I started on level 7500 in 1972.
If you see a deep hole on the ground when exploring Nevada’s old mines, stay away from it because the deep hole can be 200 or even 300 feet deep, and an instant death does occurred. They should put barriers around the deep holes for personal safety. And besides there is nothing and it is useless.😢
I’ve been going to northern Nevada every September to explore gold mines and ghost towns. I go solo so I don’t go far past the portal. Amazing how much cooler the mines are. I haven’t run into bats yet.
@13:00 when the rocks were dropped into the pit...I almost expected to hear "Fool of a Took!" and then war drums in the background!...Cave trolls...they've got cave trolls.
Hopefully no Balrog though .....
The trolls are called "tommy knockers"
I think of the same thing each and every time!
Yes, the Dwarfs in Snow White were miners, their mine was called The Dwarfs Mine, where they dug for diamonds. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs film came out in 1937, but the graffiti may have predated that since the story was written in 1812 by Brothers Grimm. That's wild how many trees were in this mine. They didn't even remove the bark.
Ah, yes, I forgot that they were mining diamonds... 1812? I hadn't realized the story was that old. Interesting.
How do you determine if there is enough oxygen?
great vid as usual. so what's the plan if that one section you all walked under and then shot from the ladder collapses?
8:19 I think the black in the vein is a 'carbon leader'. It is well know in the east in lead and silver.
Can you share the location of this mine ??
My Great Uncle owned a lot of land in Nevada and Texas, both had old mines on them. No matter what he did to keep people out of them, people would always find a way to break in. This was in the 1980s. After his death in 1992, his sons Filled up the mine shafts with rocks and block them up. In 1998 one of the old mines towards the edge of their land was dug out by illegal miners and it caved in. two families tried to sue them for their deaths. they claimed there wasn't any no trespassing signs or Danger signs lol Here is the funny part of it, they went there to mine for gold :/ There was never any gold found on that land. It was a very old copper mine
That's a hell of a thing to die for - looking for gold in a copper mine....
Darwin Award.
@@CryptidWalks Just clearing up the gene pool
What is the oldest mine you've explored, and could you give me the name of the video, or videos? I'm addicted to your adventures!
Probably the mine in Portugal or the marble mines from this playlist...
ruclips.net/p/PLWEW7ixiDkjRLW90-vsFieRIlWrhf62r1
Both were worked by the Romans.
@@TVRExploring thank you!
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Same here
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you should invest in the Imalent ms18 flashlight when you explore caves...
At 0:54, I noticed the mine doesn't have any timber supports. Why not? I thought you're supposed to have that to prevent a collapse.
Why not show the vein they were following?
That initial view is amazing, greetings from SoCal ☺️
A very nice and interesting explore, very nice woodworking lol and a few places were Mc Murphey could be waiting too create a little disaster.
What is all the green material on the walls. Is that serpentine
11:18 Looks like where a sheave was mounted. See the grease stains? The platform with Bill's name might have had a winch on it?
Yes, I think you're right about that.
Why do they build overtop of tunnels they have to walk through, do they know a cave in could happen above them? im referring to the miners or whoever plans this stuff (im not educated at-all in mining) 21:20
Where in Nevada is this??
Great mine, very clean. Thank you
The dates from the miners on the walls should of put the whole year instead of just two digits could be there for a few hundred more years before it fades completely.
Jeez, all those dates and then you think about the guys that probably put those there, and all I can think is: Gone Lives. Imagine the history and the stories that those men would have told. I could swear one of the miners graffiti that you passed actually said "Absinthe" ! Was someone drinking absinthe while working in the mine or maybe afterwards at the local saloon? It looked very old and mostly faded but I could swear.....might have to go back in the video and see. Somewhere around 4:55 or so.
oh my gyawd, have had plenty of run ins with the "tequila"virus myself back in the day!!! can you say poops n pukes?!?!?!?? great video however!
Those "red" markings on the wall's have done well? Vibrant colours after a hundred years
Recently surveyed (red markings)
Impressive looking mine; must have taken a huge amount of effort. Hopefully local forest has rebounded.
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Honestly, I was surprised to see even those bushes growing there in the middle of that obviously dry, 115°f desert. It seemed odd that the vegetation would be that thick in that area of the desert. 'Somehow' there must be more rain in that region, but even the soil looks too poor and rocky to support THAT much vegetation.
Surprisingly, that soil looks worse than our horrible, garbage native clay soil here in northern Delaware! Well, at least the humidity can't possibly be as high there in Nevada as it is here in summer....
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Yeah, i didnt necessarily expect a predominantly sandy soil there in those bush/shrub(??) covered mountains shown at the beginning of this video. But I guess I also didn't expect for the soil there to be mostly clay. I've never been to Nv, although I did ride from LA to the Phoenix/Tempe area on rt 10. But that was 1982-ish and I was only 14 or 15, and not yet so well-versed in soil geology! Unfortunately, that equates to me NOT accurately recalling the general soil configuration of the Tempe region of the Az desert...
😉👍 Although....... I did learn that its possible to dupe an Az convenience store clerk into selling you cigarettes when underage, simply by telling him they are for your grandmother, but especially by requesting a brand of cigarettes that ONLY an elderly woman would ever smoke(ie. "Eve 120 menthol lights").
I live in coal mining country, and one of the mines here you can literally see foundations of houses inside the mine above you :) When i was a kid, we found one of the many collapsed sections and i slide down in hole inside while friend lowered me down using a garden hose we had (hey we was kids, not to bright). Needless to say when i got through the hole i used flashlight and i was standing on a pillar that all around it collapsed down further into the mine! I was literally standing in middle of a HUGE cavern filled with water...it was like straight out of a movie.
Needless to say i was lucky pillar was huge so was able to get back out and didn't drop to far down. That hole is still there to this day...the crazy part? New houses all around it. lol
THis area is ranked as of of the worse areas to live in if a earthquake of 7.0 or high hits they expect total loss of town...into the mine.
Sweet jeeus. Tell me where so i can avoid it like the plague.
YOU GOTTA GO BACK IN THERE AND VIDEO IT!!! Just bring several garden hoses this time, for safety. ;-)
Tequila and Cyanide? Only a man with a rabid case of Gold fever would swill that drink and come out better for it.
Your explores are always incredible. From the looks of it must be a bit central or east in Nevada. Doesn't look much like western at all.
Beautiful country either way.
Keep that Jeep rolling and the batteries charged.... Thanks.
If that delaminated rock came down on your head when you were wearing a hard hat, you would just end up looing like a domed boiler rivet, and just as dead.
I wouldn't want to try and find my way out of that mine with a dead flashlight. Looking at the end of some of those timbers it looked like the termites had turned them to powder.
Was it all cedar?
How in TF did those oldtimers muck that @21:50
Perhaps where that ore chute is now... This small stope could have been used before the larger stope above.
Another great video
How do you not get lost
I like cruise control set to 80mph and filming while doing that.
What mine is this?
So did all the pay dirt come from these nice straight level passages?? 98% good stuff must still be in there!
If you could give little information about the mine when it was worked last not anything that gives it's location.
Read the description below the video
All of those natural log timbers make for good videos but it makes me wonder how much more amazing the scenery would be if the trees were still there.
Surprised they kept the bark on those natural timbers. Thought bark increased the risk of rotting, although maybe it's so dry there it doesn't matter
112° is TOO HOT 🔥!!
Yes, it is!
Looks like some sort of Explosives note at 11:35.
Some of those gold mines. Are they man made or are they just there and you just find them?
4:52 on the back wall (face) you can see drilling holes that’s where the dynamite was placed (man made with the help of explosives)
Thank you
Things start getting real sketchy at 9:40 onward
Incredible amount of timber in this mine.
That would’ve my greatest FEAR getting LOST
I cant imagine taking all those trees in there an installing them all
those with loose bark are cedar trees
unbelievable how tough the
folks were in the past, so much work,
im sure many backs wer broken,
just to put food on the table, a lot of the
big gold mines, people working the mines did not own the rights to the minerals, but worked for the mining company
Very interested at least this one was Dry cheers
Indeed, at least it was dry... I'll happily take those small victories.
Very cool, thanks.
Men worked hard every day in that place. Now it’s just a forgotten place.
Yes, it's strange to think of these lonely, extremely isolated sites once swarming with men and activity...
@@TVRExploring Great videos. I’m hooked. I’ve been to the Tourist Queen mine in Bisbee, AZ, must be loads of mines around there. Amazing really. Thank you.
3:58 the date is 7/1912
Explores or gold/silver lookers??
So the turn back and danger sighs were real huh.
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
What you call a drift we call a drive or a shaft tunnel here in Australian mining
Pretty clean.
See that timber? That’s huge!
Ya.
How huge?? I live around huge trees
Sounds like you got a cold.
A very impressiv mine this trees as natural used timber is very unique.
Wearing a helmet Down below is always a good thing but the young guys had to learn it by pain and bumps .
Take care stay healty
Yours Frank Galetzka
Wells Fargo was founded on March 18, 1852 in New York City by Henry Wells and William G. Fargo, along with other investors. The company was created to help customers manage their money and grow businesses during the California Gold Rush by providing banking and express services
Those look like juniper trees because of the stringy bark.
Only time I ever passed out on booze was with tequila on a Tijuana beach 1965 or 66. Woke up when the tide came in.
Ha, yes, I could imagine having the waves washing over you would wake you up!